The Dhammapada
Chapter XIV
The Buddha (The Awakened)
Verse CXCV, CXCVI



He who pays homage to those who deserve
homage, whether the awakened (Buddha) or
their disciples, those who have overcome the
host (of evils), and cross the flood of sorrow,
he who pays homage to such as have found
deliverance and know no fear, his merit can
never be measured by anybody.